Nightmare on Main Street -- Part 5: Zombie Environmental Regulations Hit Low-Income Communities the Hardest
High-income households often favor environmental regulations, but those least able to afford the costs are forced to bear them through higher prices and lower wages, while getting relatively little benefit.
Sens. Thune, Coats: Americans Deserve Sustained, Robust Growth
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, and U.S. Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.), chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, today issued a joint statement regarding the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ newly released gross domestic product (GDP) estimate which revealed that ...
Nightmare on Main Street -- Part 4: Overtime Rule Chases Salaried Workers into Hourly Jobs
The Administration’s plan to dramatically increase the salary threshold that triggers overtime pay will hurt both employers and their employees.
Nightmare on Main Street -- Part 3: Making the Death Tax More Deadly for Family-Owned Businesses and Farms
Proposed Treasury Department valuation discount regulations will make it harder for family-owned businesses and farms to survive to the next generation.
Nightmare on Main St. -- Part 2: Obamacare Premium Hikes Take a Bite Out of Family Paychecks
Obamacare premiums in the individual market are set to increase next year by an average of 25.6% nationwide.
Nightmare on Main St -- Part 1: Obama Administration Wraps Businesses and Families in Red Tape
President Obama beat his predecessors in the average number of major rules per year that cost the economy $100 million or more.
JEC Republicans Release Second Report of Series on the “New Normal” Examining Subdued Employment
Chairman Dan Coats (R-Ind.) and Vice Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) released part two of a Joint Economic Committee majority report entitled “The ‘New Normal’?: Subdued Employment.”
Coats Statement on September Jobs Report
Joint Economic Committee Chairman Dan Coats (R-Ind.) issued a statement regarding today’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that the U.S. economy added 156,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in September and the unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 5.0 percent.
JEC Republicans Release First Report of series on the “New Normal”
Chairman Dan Coats (R-Ind.) and Vice Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) released part one of a Joint Economic Committee majority report entitled “The ‘New Normal’?: Economic Stagnation.”
JEC Examines Dangers of Growing National Debt and Explores Possible Solutions
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joint Economic Committee Chairman Dan Coats (R-Ind.) chaired a committee hearing entitled “Federal Debt: Direction, Drivers and Dangers” on September 8, 2016. At the hearing, JEC members examined the causes of our growing debt, the potential consequences and possible solutions, in...